Miami LB Adarius Hayes charged with vehicular homicide following May crash
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Miami linebacker Adarius Hayes was charged with 3 counts of vehicular homicide and 1 count of reckless driving with serious bodily injury on Friday in the aftermath of a probe into a May crash that killed 3 people.
The Hurricanes sophomore surrendered to police on Friday morning in his hometown of Largo, Fla., according to officials. He was booked into the Pinellas County Jail, according to records, before bonding out a couple of hours later.
No. 10 Miami, which hosts No. 6 Notre Dame on Sunday night in its season opener, has stated that Hayes “has been indefinitely suspended from all athletic-related activities, per athletic department policy.” The program declined to comment further on the situation.
It was previously revealed by police that the 3 people who were killed in the crash were all in a Kia Soul that crashed into a Dodge Durango that was being driven by Hayes. The 3 people killed included a 78-year-old woman and 2 children ages 10 and 4.
The 2 children were ejected from the vehicle, according to police. Investigators found that Hayes was “maneuvering aggressively through traffic shortly before the crash.” Hayes was driving at 78.9 mph in a 40-mph zone when the crash occurred, according to police.
Hayes played in 12 games for Miami as a freshman last season, mostly seeing the field on special teams.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
